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As students start their first full week of classes, we want to share these delightful #queensu tricolour French curls. From William Somner's "The Antiquities of Canterbury" (1640). #marbledmonday #marbledpaper #canterbury #rarebooks #specialcollections #… https://t.co/vsVNWbhwGX
A bright placard pattern for #marbledmonday. This paper is from our #1stedition Falconry in the British Isles, by Francis Henry Salvin.
#marbledpaper #SpecialCollections #Falconry https://t.co/wmWkYEucLp
Happy #MarbledMonday! This placard patterned paper is from our 1774 edition of the The Seasons, written by James Thomson.
#MarbledPaper #18thcentury #poetry #RareBooks #SpecialCollections https://t.co/O19KDVTxJv
Happy Halloween! Need some last minute #halloweencostume inspiration? We give you: Pumpkin Man! Apparently being a pumpkin person means you have webbed hands??? This is just one of many illustrations by W.W. Denslow in “The Pearl and the Pumpkin” (1904).… https://t.co/pTWiAXC1EM
This engraving is captioned "The Unexpected Attack." Can you blame that sweet face though?
The engraving is from the March 1872 issue of Peterson's Magazine (vol. 61, no. 3). Each issue includes stories, poems, fashion tips and patterns, and initials fo… https://t.co/npdqKkkpV6
Published in 1697, this edition of Myographia Nova, written by John Browne, has some interesting drawings added by an early hand.
#blastfromthelibrarypast #marginalia #rarebooks #17thcentury https://t.co/ma4YXpOIlO
Happy #marbledmonday! This pattern, with its distinctive white spots, is from The Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey.
Published in 1718, it was written by John Aubrey (1626-1697), an antiquarian and biographer.
#marbledpaper #marbl… https://t.co/kxwAKLmKGw
Happy #marbledmonday! This richly patterned paper is found on the inside boards of Robert Ball's "In starry realms". Published in 1892, it is a book on astronomy, meant to "give the general reader some sketches of specially interesting matters relating … https://t.co/l7h2jKOw3t
Swirls of green, with some cream and a dash of red spill across this festive #marbledmonday paper.
This #marbledpaper is found on our copy of Histoire complète de la noblesse de France, printed in Paris in 1862.
#specialcollections #endpapers #19thcent… https://t.co/ov7HlUEVgI
Happy #MarbledMonday! Here is a Turkish tricolour #marbledpaper for #QueensU! Queen's colours are gold, blue, and red and have been fondly called the tricolour for almost a century. [JC389 .W45 1789] #gogaels #rarebooks #specialcollections #queensulibrary https://t.co/HqSSmVSNZG